Rug-rack.



APPLICATION PILED MAR.19, 1906.

PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

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No. 888,172. PATBNTED MAY 19, 1908. W. P. JUDD.

RUG RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 19, 1906- 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 UNITED srarns \YTLLIAM 'F. JUDD, OF LITOHFIELD, ILLINOIS.

RUG-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed March 19, 1906. Serial No. 306,800.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, WILLiAM F. JUDD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Litchfield, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to racks for displaying rugs and the like to advantage; and it has for one of its objects to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable rack which in pro portion to its size is adapted to neatly hold a large number of rugs, and this in such manner that any particular rug may be expeditiously and easily singled out and its side advantageously presented to the scrutiny of a prospective purchaser.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a rug rack possessed of the characteristics set forth in the foregoing and constructed with a view of permitting of rugs being quickly and easily placed on and as readily removed from its rug supports.

With the foregoing objects in view, the invention consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the rug rack constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rack. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line 33 of Fi 2, looking downwardly, and: Fig. 4 is an e arged detail view of one of the pivots of the rug-supports.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is the upright of my novel rack. The said upright may be maintained in proper position in any manner suitable to the func tions of the rack, though I prefer to mount it in the manner shown-that is to say, by journaling its lower and upper circular ends a in a base plate I) and a top plate 0; the base plate being designed to be fixed to the floor of an apartment and the top plate to the ceiling thereof. By virtue of the upright being mounted as just stated, it will be apparent that when the rack is arranged at a considerable distance from a wall of the apartment, the rack as a whole may be turned to I exhibit the rugs in the best light; the upright A serving in that event as a pivot post.

B and C are the lower cross-bar and the upper cross-bar, respectively, of the rack. These cross-bars are recessed, as indicated by (I, to receive the upright A, and are each fixedly connected to the said upright through the medium of upright straps c disposed in front of the cross-bar, horizontal strapsdisposed back of the upright, and two pairs of bolts 9 connecting the straps e and j;- one pair of the said bolts being arranged below and above the cross-bar and at one side of the upright, and the other pair of bolts being arranged below and above the cross-bar and at the opposite side of the upright. This manner of connecting the cross-bars to the upright is obviously a strong and durable one since it does not entail passing the bolts through the cross-bars or the upright which are preferably made of wood. Each of the cross-bars B and C is provided with eighteen (more or less) vertically disposed pivots D arranged about the proportional distance illustrated apart. These pivots D are provided with base flanges h, best shown in Fig. 4, and integral threaded shanks i; the latter extending at right angles to the pivots and being screwed into the cross-bars B and C as illustrated.

E is a guard plate connected to the upper cross-bar C and arranged above the upper pivots D with a view of preventing casual disconnection of the rug supports therefrom; and F F are the said rug-supports of which I prefer to employ eighteen. The rug supports are identical in construction and therefore a detailed description of the one shown in Fig. 2 will suffice to impart a definite understanding of all. The said rug-support, Fig. 2, comprises a horizontal rug-bearing arm is and a strut Z through the medium of which the arm is is normally maintained in a horizontal position as shown. The arm 7c is preferably of wood and is provided on its upper edge with a metallic strip m which carries barbs a designed to engage a rug with a view of preventing the same slipping off the arm. At its inner end said arm 7c is equipped with a metallic strap 1) which terminates in a vertially disposed eye q, arranged to receive one of the pivots D, and hence it will be apparent that the arm is free to swing in a horizontal plane. The strut l is also preferably of Wood; and it has a metallic strap 1 at its upper end, connected to the arm 7c, and is provided at its lower end with a metallic strap 8 which terminates in a vertically-disposed eye 25 arranged, preferably in a removable manner, on one of the lower pivots D.

In virtue of the construction described in the foregoing it will be apparent that the rug supports F are adapted to be swung in a horizontal plane independent of each other, and hence it will be seen that when rugs are looped over the several rug supports, and it is desired to single out a particular rug and show the side of the same to the best advan tage to a prospective purchaser, the salesman has but to position the support bearing the rug desired in front of the customer, and move the supports in front of said support 'i. 6., between the same and the customer, to a position at right angles to the support when the side of the rug will be presented to the customer who can then appreciate the general appearance of the same.

The struts Z of the rug supports F are by preference though not essentially removable from the lower pivots D, and from this it follows that the arms k may be readily lowered to permit of rugs being conveniently placed on or removed therefrom. It also follows that when it is desired to return the arms 1:: to and maintain them in the position illustrated, the same may be accomplished by raising the struts Z and replacing the same in engagement with their respective lower pivots D.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that with the assistance of my novel rack, a salesman is enabled to display a large number of rugs in a short space of time and with but a minimum of effort. It will also be gathered that the rack is simple and inexpensive and embodies no delicate parts such as are liable to get out of order after a short period of use.

I prefer the construction herein shown and described, but do not desire to be understood as confining myself to the same as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall Within the scope of my claimed invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a rug rack, the combination of an up right, lower and upper cross-bars having recesses receiving the upright, connections between the cross bars and the upright com prising upright metallic straps, engaging the crossbars, vertical pivots having threaded shanks screwed into the cross-bars arranged at the outer sides of the cross-bars, horizon tal metallic straps arranged at the opposite side of the upright, with reference to the cross-bars and uniting said horizontal and vertical straps, bolts arranged below and above the cross-bars, and horizontally swinging rug-supports respectively comprising an arm having a vertically-disposed eye at its inner end receiving one of the upper pivots, and a strut disposed below and connected to the arm and having a vertically disposed eye at its inner end receiving one of the lower pivots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. JUDD. l/Vitnesses T. A. GAsAwAY, M. M. CREIGHTOR. 

